Harrowsmith – June 2019

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Kate Golding Wallcoverings

Born and raised in the U.K. and now living in Prince Edward

County, Ontario, artist Kate Golding sees beauty where others

may not. Capturing iconic Canadian moments and vistas in ink

with brush and pen—turkey vultures riding an updraft, icebergs

sliding past a Newfoundland coastline, garter snakes slithering

through tufts of grass—Golding creates daring patterns that lend

themselves surprisingly well to wallpaper. But this isn’t the sort of

wallcovering for the faint of heart: a certain amount of boldness is

required to appreciate and live with this particular brand of beauty.

Her three collections—The Great Lakes, Newfoundland and

Prince Edward County—are all printed to order in Montreal,

and at $145 for each nine- by 26-foot strip, they might not be in

the budget for many of us. Still, you can also enjoy her designs

in more affordable tea towels and wrapping paper, and you can

spot them throughout Ontario in all their glory at Balzac’s Coffee

Roasters (multiple locations) and the offices of Shopify, Angeline’s

Inn in Bloomfield, Bella Market in Kingston, and Prairie Boy Bread

in Muskoka. Kate Golding wallpaper is available through

kategolding.ca in collaboration with wynil.com. – Signe Langford

Kindling Cracker

& Hammer

Available through Waterloo,

Ontario, retailer Northern

Fireside, the Kindling Cracker &

Hammer offers a simple way to

turn felled trees into fireplace

wood. Unlike using an axe or

hatchet, the cast-iron kindling

cracker allows virtually anyone

able to hit things with wood to

create kindling that won’t fly

all over the yard as you split

it. Use a mallet, butt of an axe

or even another log to safely

split your firewood into perfect

kindling-size pieces. The

30 cm (12 inch) tall cracker

has bolt holes so you can

attach it to a stump of wood,

saving your back, while a

16.5 cm (6 1/2 inch) diameter

ring ensures that nothing

except that piece of wood

will get split by the blade.

It’s also maintenance-free,

with no sharpening needed.

northernfireside.com

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By Catalina Margulis

THINGS WE

JOHNNY C.Y. LAM (KATE GOLDING WALLCOVERINGS)